Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Ducat - William VIII
| Issuer | Hanau-Münzenberg, County of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1738 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Ducat (3.5) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of the Hessian Landgraviate and associated territories, displaying in its four quarters the lion of Hesse, the lion of Thuringia, the striped arms of Hanau, and additional heraldic charges. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown in high relief. The encircling legend, reading HANOVIAE 1738 with the mint master initials EI and the abbreviations of the ruler's titles, is arranged around the shield within a toothed border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
William VIII ruled Hanau-Münzenberg from 1726 until his death in 1760, a tenure complicated by the county's position as a Protestant enclave surrounded by competing territorial interests in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire. Hanau-Münzenberg maintained its own mint rights jealously — gold ducats of this period served diplomatic and commercial functions well beyond the county's modest borders, circulating in Frankfurt trade networks where the Rhine valley's merchant class demanded hard specie.
Schütz III#1747 is among the better-documented issues of William's reign, though die marriages for this type remain incompletely catalogued.